Lake Charles, LA Climate

Summary Graph

The summary climate graph for Lake Charles, LA shows a selection of temperature, rainfall and snow minimum, mean and maximum measures over the course of a year. Click on each of the measures in the key to toggle them on and off.

Graph of average and extreme temperature ranges by day for Lake Charles, LA.

Temperature

The warmest month in Lake Charles Regional, Lake Charles, Louisiana is August with an average high temperature of 91.8°F. The hottest day on record was August 31 2000 when the temperature hit 107.1°F. During January the overnight temperature drops to an average of 42.7°F with the lowest temperature of 10.9°F being recorded on December 24 1989.

Rain

The wettest month by average rainfall in Lake Charles, LA is May with an average of 4.2 inches of rain falling on 8 to 9 days.Although in July it typically rains on more days with 3.9 inches falling in 13 to 14 days. The driest month by average rainfall in Lake Charles, LA is April with an average of 2.5 inches of rain falling on 8 to 9 days. Although in October it typically rains on less days with 3.1 inches falling in 7 to 8 days

Month Summary

Information

The climate summary for this page is based on data from the Global Summary of the Day and is based on weather observations between May 1942 through to December 2012 at Lake Charles Regional, Lake Charles, Louisiana .